felicia trial will start tomorrow. michael johnson accused of killing her when she was visiting. jury was seated thursday. the judge needed to shift through motions surrounding the lead detective in the case. that detective was suspended for misconduct days after the arrest. >> john leopold started his defense. he is charged with misconduct in office for using officers as a look out with when he had sex in a car and misusing tax dollars by doing this on work time. his attorneys say the team was unregulated. >> we are not looking at the streets of minneapolis, no that is a snow filled view of baltimore city. this is like a lifetime ago. >> that's early this morning. rush hour is a complete nightmare because of all the white stuff making us late for work. >> let's go over to mike and now in the abc most accurate storm center to find if things will be better tomorrow. some more activity heading our

way >> it looks like not the morning but the evening. we are going the opposite direction and will be expecting snow to move in friday night. we will talk about that second half. the afternoon highs today. another day where we are into the 20s. 25 york, 29, frederick 28, we are into the middle 20s. take a look at the snow fall amounts, it was all about the southern locations over the southern portion of the state. five inches to around five -- half an inch in townsend again that one to two inches, across town, little more toward the south. we are in to the 20s. low 20s outside the beltway. we will watch the temperatures in to the teens as we go into later tonight. notice on radar we have a system over the four corners, another over minneapolis and we will watch two of these areas of low pressure come together to produce a little snow across the area by tomorrow night. cecil along the eastern shore, winter weather advisory but that will be issued in to the

city limits. take a look at the temperatures, 21 this earning goes to 16 tonight and it's a bitter wake up. 13 degrees. we will talk more about your forecast and show you snow fall accumulations coming up. >> all right. thank you. not everybody was complaining about the snow. the morning drive may have been difficult for us but some say spreading wasn't a problem. lot of dogs were out having a play date in dc enjoying the cold, snowy weather. >> he was the star of the republican party in this state one year ago but so much has changed for him. a boat crash, admitting to alcohol, abc 2news don harrison talked to him today about how he is facing this session. >> reporter: he has the added pressure from the controversy of a boat accident this past summer that injured him and six others. >> things have changed for me. . >> reporter: we sat down with him today and he was candid about his drinking and the aftermath of his boating

incident this past august. two and a half weeks ago he admitted on his facebook page his drinking problem, seeking understanding from people, stating that i don't know if i am to be forgiven but i hope to regain your confidence. >> embarrassing at the time. i mean to have to basically lay yourself bare before the public and admit first of all that i was drinking the day of the incident, why did i do that? i did that because i had nothing to hide. >> reporter: he said that the pressure of last year's legislative session hit him personally. >> i had the issue of betrayal of three colleagues on the marriage issue. that was an issue i fought for many years so it was very personal to me. >> reporter: he said that he wants to use this event as a learning experience. > awakening are was an opat where i was going with my life, how i was handling my social environment and saying you have to stop. you have to stop. because i was at a crossroads.

i realized i had a decision to make. i was either going to fix the situation that i was in or i was going to go down a bad path. >> reporter: he said no matter what happens in trial is he prepared to address it. who wants to deal with the consequences of wrongdoing? nobody does but i will take it like a man and not go home pouting. >> reporter: his trial for the boat accident is set for may. if he does get jail time he will have to step down from office. in annapolis, don harrison. abc 2news. >> and now to the latest from the super bowl bound ravens. got breaking news on ed reid. take a listen. >> no, not my last ride. just bought a bike. >> he now says he has no intention of the super bowl being his last game. he plans to be back on the field next season.

they had a couple days off to recover from the hard fought win and they were looking fresh today. focus is on the super bowl and facing a difficult team with the 49ers. the team of course still the under dog. players address some of the doubters and haters out there just a few hours ago. >> i don't care. you know there are guy that have to make a living on hating on somebody. if that's going to be us, me, then i plan on being around for a while and if you want to continue to do it i will be here. >> speak up. that's great. they will practice at home until sunday and then monday getting on a plane. >> something else. >> a lot of people want to get tickets and go to the super bowl. this may make getting a second mortgage but that's not going to stop fan who are searching for seats. >> but you have to be careful.

josie has more on how the super bowl is ripe with scammers. >> reporter: absolutely. when you have huge demand for something like this you get huge efforts scammers. they will be working tirelessly to fake ticket those hope will fool you. tonight we will talk to an expert who knows a lot about the market because i had company provides the security elements for the tickets. bill patterson works for the security company. he said one of the most dangerous things you can do is trust a scalper in new orleans, especially considering this is noah rage game anybody can just get tickets to. >> first have to question yourself as to why is someone going to the open street and holding a ticket up in the air and offering it for cash for anybody walking by? it's just unusual. >> reporter: tonight at 11 our expert outlines the biggest signs a ticket is a fake and weighs in on where not to go if you are still shopping for

them. abc 2news. >> thank you. two new jersey men, they are suing a subway chain claiming that the foot long subs are short. the suit accuses subway of false advertising. it comes after facebook photograph posted in australia showing a subway foot long coming up only at 11 inches. >> when you add this up overtime that comes out to 60- cents a sandwhich over the course of six years. >> the lawyers say they had sandwhichs 17 new jersey shops measured and all of them had a bite's worth missing. in response subway said they don't comment on pending litigation. that's dumb. >> that's dumb. >> i'm sorry. that's my personal opinion. >> all right. a 5th grader suspended for what she made out of paper but that's not all. what the teacher did when she

found a paper gun. >> and you want to make sure that you see every play of the super bowl as clear as possible. what if you don't have the money to go buy that new huge tv? how you can tune up your current television. . >> good amount of snow, ocean city, parts of calvert. this time i think we will get into snow. we break the timeline and how much to expect coming up.

. the countdown to the super bowl is on and you want to see you the ravens as clearly as possible. if a new tv is out of the budget, out of range you can give your current tv a pregame tune up instead. karen shows you how. >> reporter: some of the most die hard fans will watch the big game on a brand new tv. if that's not in the budget consumer reports said there are easy steps to get any tv super bowl ready. >> a rot of people bring a tv home. they may set it up once, maybe they just left it with factory settings. >> reporter: start by reviewing the menu of preset picture modes. >> a lot of time itself may be set to a vivid mode which is overly bright or maybe an echo

mode which will make the tv look dim. the first thing you can do is use one of the presets that will give it a more natural looking picture. normally this is the movie or theater mode or a custom mode, or a normal mode. >> reporter: set black and white settings before color and tint. color should look vivid without a glowing effect, flesh tones should look natural and resist the urge to set sharpness to high. . if you find you have over adjusted just hit the reset buton to go back to factory settings. abc 2news. >> to get guns off the streets you probably see an explosion in these gun buy back programs but what should you do with the guns after that? see the art that's created. >> >> i love that. here we go. baltimore super fans, i think

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. now the most accurate forecast. >> got a pretty shot around chesapeake beach but looks deceiving has it was a struggle to get out of the 20s. look at the ice along the bay. that's indicating it's just been so cold that now the bay is starting to freeze up. we will go in to the city limits, look at federal hill. really beautiful shot with a lot of clear skies. it's 24 degrees as temperatures will continue to drop this evening. look how strong that pressure reading it. that's an indication that arctic high on top of us right now. that northwesterly breeze at nine. that makes that 24 feel like it's in to the teens. 26 degrees today. 27 easton, pax river got to 27, that's well warmer than where we were the last couple days,

it'll -- just a little bit warmer tomorrow afternoon before the snow starts to move in. right now to the north, 24 degrees, a pair of 2's in manchester. we are starting to see the temperatures drop. still 29 in 9 city and that northwesterly win will be with us all evening long. that will make the temperatures which feel like 14 probably in to the single digits tonight. already down to the single digits in hagerstown. we will call it a biting breeze tonight. the clouds gather tomorrow we will start to seat snow develop. i do think it's late in the afternoon going in to the evening but the accumulating part will start to develop. keep that in mind if you can get owl early want to exercise that. cecil under a winter weather advisory. why its not in the city we have two weather services, they didn't talk though this evening. we will see baltimore under a weather advisory during the course of this show or maybe

one develop around 11:00. 21 degrees at seven. 16 around the 11:00 hour. this just a bitter wake up. 13 with clear sykes, with the clouds gathering. the doppler is clear. this is a thin veil of clouds, the real part is near minneapolis. right in here. that will be the system we will watch bring? snow. area of low pressure that dives out of the great lakes, we will seat influence of another area of low pressure. if they come together sooner maybe more snow. if they separate and keep separate during the course of tomorrow afternoon that means less in the way of snow. we will take the middle ground. its clear sykes, we know for tonight and tomorrow morning, clouds will start to gather. here is that burst of snow and then it's out of here after the midnight hour tomorrow night into the predawn hours saturday. a few lollipop amounts but this

is a good call. i don't think we will see anything over one to two inches in the entire state. down to 13 tonight. that's really cold. clear and cold tonight is the call for the weather team. 28 tomorrow. the two degree guarantee with increasing clouds and the snow developing, 20 degrees tomorrow night. sunday up to 35, how about the 50s by tuesday and wednesday. closing in on 60. >> wow. >> nice. closing in. now the latest on the gun control debate in washington. >> that's right. battle lines are being drawn. >> senators are also backing a new bill in the wave the deadly mass shootings like the one that happened weeks ago. they are trying to convince people they aren't interested in taking guns hunters. with language protecting some of the most popular guns. >> today my colleagues and i are in introducing a bill to prohibit the sale, rants

transfer, making importing of assault weapons. >> the nra was quick to shout back. they said that they will reject the wrong headed approach. this legislation would ban 158 military style weapons and magazines with more than ten bullets. they say that's taking it a little to far. . a pennsylvania mom believes her daughter's school went to far when administrators punished her for pulling out a paper gun in class. she said that she went to throw it away but a boy saw it and called the administrator. she said the employee yelled at her in front of class. she was even searched. >> he yelled at me and said that i shouldn't have never bring the gun to school and i kept telling him it was paper but he wouldn't listen. >> why did he stand over her and say you should call the

cops? you can be arrested? why were you trying to scare her? >> she said the gun looks like a sheet of paper folded over. this '2was made by the girl's grandfather. >> here is a more positive approach to dealing the gun debate. a woman is using guns taken from the streets of newark new jersey and turning them into jewelry. >> reporter: jewelry for a cause began with jewelry, schools and groups, buy and resell as fundraising tools. >> we have worked over 300 schools across the country and we have a couple of retail lines that are sold in store across the united states. >> reporter: a portion of property fits retail sales go to organizations like the alzheimer's foundation and the red cross. >> its been so wonderful because people feel really good making purchases, it's jewelry that sparkles with good intentions. >> reporter: the company started their latest collection making bracelets shell casings

taken from the streets to show the need to get guns and gun violence off streets. >> there is a shell casing, there was once a bullet. so i -- thought it was an important part of the story. we have illegal guns, crime scene, shell casings on the ground. . >> reporter: orders are coming from all over the world. >> people who have had destruction in their lives because of illegal guns and they are also really proud to wear this as a symbol of support and comfort. >> reporter: the bracelets come packaged in what looked like evidence bags to drive home the message and they carry the serial numbers from guns. >> it's not just another piece of jewelry. it's a symbol, it's a message. >> reporter: and the effort doesn't end there. >> 20% of the proceeds goes back to the newark police department to fund gun buy back programs. we have donated $20,000 to the

police department and after six weeks of sales. >> jessica said of the thousands of e-mails she has gotten about this nearly none have been negative. >> they are feeling like they are wearing a symbol that change can happen. it's not the only answer. it's just something that i can do. >> reporter: creative approach. coming up, it's not easy, balancing academics and sports. a local student athlete who is successful in the field and class. . and the ravens four days leaving for new orleans. what the coach is saying about his team. those and a lot more when you join us. [ mrs. hutchison ] friday night has always been all fun and games

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. most of us have to pay for them. >> but it's -- one fan got something free in return for helping the team by making a sign of the times. >> reporter: at the nature camp pharmacy on main street, there is a reserve parking and razor parking. >> hello. >> reporter: once inside you will notice that it is owners not only supply pharmacy items but everything to make a ravens fan feel better. >> we grabbed it. i had interest in the ravens products and things because i like the stuff for myself. they are coming in, feeling down but when they see all the different raven stuff it brightening up and gives a smile. >> this is a souvenir store. >> >> reporter: they have been married for 20 years and paula represents her other favorite team well. from her earrings to her nail

polish. during the game against the pat rolls she decided to help motivate her team. >> i flew i wanted it to be about ray so that's why we put those with the letters in the quotes. >> reporter: and the rest fell into place. >> revenge tonight, lombardi in site. >> i held it up real high and was screaming go ravens! ray looked over at it and a man came over to me and said to me ray really wants your see you. >> reporter: little does she know it would be i trade. >> i gave him my sign and a minute later he came over with his hat from ray and this hat from ray. >> all the sudden i looked up and saw it on the field and i couldn't believe it. >> reporter: a sign putting in to words the emotion and purpose of a team and city. >> when they looked over it just made them feel like they wouldn't give up, that they aren't going to give up. >> written like a true fan.

>> i hope she is going to new orleans. >> abc2 has taken working for you to the superbowl. >> the ravens help us out here. we will take it on the road. abc2 team up with the saint bernard project. we are recruiting ravens fans going to new orleans to help rebuild homes for familying deals with the effects of hurricane katrina. you think it's all rebuilt you are wrong. people are still struggling down there. just head to abc 2news.com for more information about the movement and how you can help. >> great opportunity to work for you. >> yeah. >> the votes on a controversial policy to make english it's official language. > that and more at six which starts right now. >> are you watching th